Letter to the editor: Cohen hearing didn't clear Trump

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Mar 17, 2019 at 9:00 AM

It’s not clear if Trump’s lying again, if he’s completely delusional or both. But it’s clear that his belief that Cohen’s testimony cleared him of Russian collusion charges is totally and completely wrong.

In fact, the opposite is true if you consider that Cohen’s talking to both House and Senate intelligence committees about classified topics, such as Russian collusion. From 2006 until 2018, Cohen was the only attorney employed by his organization. Cohen was involved in everything Trump did for that 12 year period — personally, financially and illegally. Cohen was his “fixer” and confidant. For him to pretend that Cohen was “one of many lawyers” is a provable lie and one that nobody will actually believe, with exceptions of course.

The Republican performance at Cohen’s hearing was just the latest demonstration that the GOP no longer cares about upholding their responsibilities as members of Congress. They've completely given up and decided that it’s more important to protect their president instead of acting as an independent branch of government.

They refused to ask serious questions or show any interest in Cohen’s credible allegations, even when presented with damning evidence of 45 committed crimes. They spent all day attacking his former lawyer and playing political games to protect Trump.

In the end, they showed that they're no better than the man they accused Cohen of being.

Also, just a reminder for those who’ve conveniently forgotten, from April 2017 to June 2018 Cohen was the national deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Alan Harris, Clermont

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